HBO Max has removed some exclusive movies from its streaming service

As is the case with many streaming services, HBO Max subscribers have access to a wide variety of original content, as well as movies and TV shows originally made or broadcast elsewhere. When it comes to movies, HBO Max has movies that you will only find on the platform ever since an American picklewhich premiered just over two months after HBO Max was released to the public. Eventually, however, this Seth Rogen film, along with five other HBO Max films, was quietly withdrawn from service.

Like Netflix and Hulu, HBO Max announces monthly which movies and TV shows will be added to the service in the next month, as well as which ones will be released during that time. But in the case of an American pickle, moon shot, superintelligence, Witches Remake, stuck Yes Enchant the kings of the city, there was no warning. These six films have simply been pulled from HBO Max in the past few weeks without a hitch, although they can still be bought or rented through third-party VOD platforms. Variety also reported that the house party The reboot, which was supposed to arrive on HBO Max on July 28, has been removed from the 2022 release schedule.

In addition to being unusual for Warner Bros. Discovery for not letting the public know in advance that these six films would be leaving HBO Max, the fact that they were withdrawn is odd. Of course, there are several Warner Bros .. related movies that have come and gone from HBO Max over the years, including DC movies like Man of Steel, but when it comes to exclusive movies from a streaming service, you can usually count on it staying on that service … well, forever! This decision is particularly regrettable for moon shotbecause the romantic sci-fi comedy directed by Cole Sprouse and Lana Condor is only available from March 31st.

Variety speculated in its report that these six films removed from HBO Max could be part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to “remove streaming content payment obligations for titles underperforming its books.” In this sense, it should be remembered that in the case of an American pickle, stuck Yes Enchant the kings of the cityHowever, these features were acquired by HBO Max rather than Warner Bros. or New Line Cinema, so perhaps the money was still exchanged to keep them on the platform beyond the initial payment. As for house party reboot, as this is an unreleased film, Variety speculated that it could be used as a “tax deduction, which would be what was done with the now discontinued bad girl film and Scooby! vacation destination.

There are still a handful of exclusive HBO Max movies available to watch on the streaming service, including No sudden movement, Kimi and the latest version father of the brideas well as many HBO Max shows. However, if there are any more surprising deletions from the deck, Gossipify will broadcast that information.